2018•Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde)Open access
A Beamline Design to Transport Laser Wakefield Electrons to a Transverse Gradient Undulator
Kay Dewhurst, Enrico Brunetti, Dino Anthony Jaroszynski, Bruno D. Muratori, Hywel L. Owen, Samuel M. Wiggins
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Abstract
The Cockcroft Beamline is to be installed at the Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma-based Accelerators (SCAPA). The beamline is designed to transport 1 GeV electrons from a laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) source to a pair of transverse gradient undulators. The project aims to produce X-ray undulator radiation in the first phase and free-electron laser (FEL) radiation in the second phase. The total beamline will be less than 23 m long, thus the Cockcroft Beamline has the potential to be the UK's first compact X-ray FEL. Here we present the main features of the beamline design.